While many here will jump to the knee-jerk commentary that yeah, yeah, McK and other consulting companies sell services to companies that are just the obvious M

While many here will jump to the knee-jerk commentary that yeah, yeah, McK and other consulting companies sell services to companies that are just the obvious MBA bullshit, downsizing, revenue-at-all-cost, etc. there is something good about working for these companies: The training it gives you is really useful. If you came from a highly technical or non-fast-talking-cut-the-bullshit kind of educational background (or simply haven't worked in a practical, business world), it really does give you training in how to talk, how to present clearly, how to think, and how to organize work. When you're confronted with a complex problem that seems like you should immediately dive into the details and get lost, the kind of training you get teaches you how to think about the output goal, describe the sufficient set of work necessary to prove/disprove the hypothesis, and get the right answer in a set amount of time. Usually it's not rocket science (or the problems where consulting is properly applied isn't rocket science). The organization and push for productive answers is (often) something that people will look up to you for after you work at one of these companies. (Unfortunately, as a byproduct, you also start to get impatient with people who can't think efficiently, and/or can only describe things by showing you lines of code and an disorganized brain dump that they've never taken the time or effort to clarify in their own mind in a way that's explainable to other people).